You can create new keywords before they are associated with existing
manual test statements.
To create a new keyword:
- Point to the Construction icon (
), and click All Keywords.
- In the toolbar, click the Create Keywords icon
(
) to open
the New Keyword dialog box.
- In the Name field, provide a descriptive
name that identifies it as a keyword, such as Login Keyword.
- Specify tags that you want to associate with the keywords. Tags
are words used for searching purposes.
- Click OK. The keyword shell is created.
- To open the keyword in the Manual Test editor,
click the keyword name in the Associated Script column.
- For a manual keyword, select Manual as the
script type.
- Optionally, provide a description.
- To begin typing your statements, click Click to add from
the text editor. A new step is added with the default statement type as Execution
Step (
).
- To change the statement type, right-click the Execution
Step icon, and select a different value from the list. In addition
to Execution Step, you can choose Reporting
Step (
)
or Verification point (
).
- Use the text field to give a meaningful name to the step; each
step is an individual action.
Note: Click a statement to edit it.
- To continue adding statements, press Enter to
move to the next line.
- When you have finished adding statements, click Save at
the top of the page to save the keyword.